1 St Marys Close, Elstow, Bedford, MK42 9XQ

1 St Marys Close is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Elstow, Bedford, Bedford (MK42 9XQ). It has a recorded floor area of 72 m² (around 775 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1996-2002 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (August 2013) shows a D (score 67), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 84), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from August 2013, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Other recorded features include a conservatory.

Sold September 2021 for £275,000. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 82% of similar EPCs). Across 1997–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 5.6% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £319,000 is 16% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£355/sq ft) was about 120.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode.